GOP lawmaker pushed to add a Holocaust denier to New Hampshire’s Holocaust panel

The Jerusalem Post reports on a deeply concerning effort within New Hampshire to introduce Holocaust denial into the state's educational framework, spearheaded by Republican state Rep. Matt Sabourin dit Choinière. This initiative, which involved bringing a notorious Holocaust denier to testify before the state's Holocaust and Genocide Education Commission, represents a disturbing attempt to legitimize historical revisionism.

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This was the first doubt in my mind that over time led towards a revisionist thinking about the Holocaust.

Germar Rudolf, the individual invited to testify, has a well-documented history of propagating Holocaust denial, including claims that gas chambers were not used at Auschwitz and defenses of other prominent deniers. His past includes deportation from the United States and imprisonment in Germany for his views. Sabourin dit Choinière's push to have Rudolf and other deniers present their "research" to the commission is alarming, especially given the established historical consensus on the Holocaust.

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Holocaust historical revision revisionism as a science does not deny that Jews were persecuted or deprived of their civil rights or deported or herded into ghettos. It does not deny that many were killed, but it does seek to learn why, how and when they died. And it seeks to separate the truth from the fiction.

Sabourin dit Choinière's justification, framing his actions as a pursuit of "accuracy and reliability" in Holocaust education through "historical revisionism," is a common tactic used by deniers to mask their agenda. He claims this approach seeks to "separate the truth from the fiction," a disingenuous argument that undermines the overwhelming evidence and scholarly consensus regarding the systematic extermination of Jews during the Holocaust.

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If we are going to have Holocaust and Genocide Education taught in New Hampshire public schools, which I think it should be, it needs to be accurate and reliable.

From a Jewish perspective, and indeed from any perspective committed to historical truth, this is an unacceptable intrusion into educational integrity. The effort to give a platform to Holocaust deniers, even under the guise of "open debate," risks trivializing the suffering of millions and promoting dangerous antisemitic narratives. The Jerusalem Post highlights this as a critical issue that demands strong opposition to safeguard the memory of the Holocaust and ensure accurate education for future generations.

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I have under my belt 35 years of research, organizing research, conducting and publishing research, of forensic and archival na